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1
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Factors Which May Increase LH Levels - Medications (3)

A

Menotropins
Clomiphene
GnRH agonist

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Factors Which May Increase LH Levels - Other Causes (7)

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Endometriosis
Polycystic ovary syndrome
Ovarian failure
Hyperthyroidism (TSH)
PTH and gonadotropin producing neoplasia
Menopause
Pregnancy
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Factors Which May Decrease LH Levels

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Danazol
• Estrogen/oral contraceptives
• Pituitary failure
• Certain hypothalmic defects

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4
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What causes High FSH Values - 3

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Start of puberty
• Menopause
• Premature ovarian
failure

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What causes Low FSH Values - 5

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Prevents egg
formation
• Stress
• Low body weight
• Tumors of ovarian,
hypothalamus, or
pituitary gland
• Polycystic ovary
syndrome
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6
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Detection Window in Urine -Marijuana

/Cannabinoids

A

single use: 2 – 7 days

chronic use: 1 – 2 months

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Detection Window in Urine -Cocaine

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2 – 4 days

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Detection Window in Urine -Morphine/Codeine

/Opiates

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2 – 3 days

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Detection Window in Urine -Phencyclidine (PCP)

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14 days

chronic use: 30 days

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10
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Detection Window in Urine -Amphetamines

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1 – 2 days

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Urine Validity Testing - Markers: 4

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Specific Gravity, Creatinine, Nitrites, pH

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What Elevates Serum Creatinine - 9

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Dehydration
• Renal dysfunction
• Urinary tract obstruction
• Excess catabolism
• Overexercising
• Hyperthyroidism
• Muscular dystrophy
• Hyperpyrexia
• Myasthenia gravis
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13
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What assays can be used to determine SCr levels? - 3

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Jaffe Reaction, Enzymatic Essay, HPLC

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  1. What clinical factors may justify 24-hour urine collection to calculate CrCl or GFR? - 6
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Extremes of age and body size
Severe malnutrition or obesity
Disease of skeletal muscle
Paraplegia or quadriplegia
Vegetarian diet
Pregnancy
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15
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What is BUN checked for? - 5

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Presence or progression of kidney or liver
disease (renal function and catabolism in liver)
• Blockage of urine flow (renal function)
• Mental confusion (patients with kidney failure
are sometimes disoriented and confused)
• Abnormal loss of water from the body
dehydration (hydration)
• Recovery from severe burns

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16
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What could result in elevated BUN levels?

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• Kidney disease or failure
• Blockage of the urinary tract by a kidney
stone or tumor
• Heart attack or congestive heart failure
• Low blood pressure
• Dehydration; fever; shock;
• Bleeding in the digestive tract
• Sometimes occurs during late pregnancy
• Eating large amounts of protein-rich foods

17
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BUN:SCr > 20 Indicates

A

renal failure by
prerenal causes (each has to also be
outside normal limits)
– GI bleeding

18
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BUN:SCr = 10-20

A

normal or postrenal

19
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BUN:SCr < 10

A

suggests intrinsic kidney

damage

20
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What factors can cause urine turbidity?

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– Phosphates, urates (uric acid)
– RBCs, WBCs
– Proteins, bile acids

21
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Which drugs can lead to urine color changes?

Red to Orange

A

Drugs that cause muscle damage, hemolysis,liver damage
As dye:
doxorubicin, daunorubicin, rifampin,
phenazopyridine, dantron, chlorpromazine,
chlorzoxazone

22
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Which drugs can lead to urine color changes? Blue to green

A

As dye: amitriptyline, azuresin, methylene blue,

mitoxantrone, triamterene, resorcinol

23
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Which drugs can lead to urine color changes? Brown to black

A

Drugs that cause muscle damage, hemolysis, liver damage
As dye: chloroquine, primaquine, metronidazole
and nitrofurantoin, sulfonamides

24
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What are assessed during microscopic urinalysis? - 3

A

Assess three “Cs” – Cells, Casts, Crystals
– Microorganisms, RBC, WBC, tubular epithelial cells
(normal range: zero to trace)
– Cylindrical masses of glycoproteins formed in the
tubules
– Crystal presence in the urine depends on pH and
saturation of substances.

25
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What are typically included in a dipstick urinalysis - 12

A 
Protein 
Leukocyte Esterase
pH 
Nitrite zero
Specific Gravity
Glucose
Bilirubin
Ketones
Urobilinogen
Electrolytes
Blood and Hemoglobin
%FENa 1-2%
26
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Causes/Risks for CKD

A

• Diabetes
• Hypertension (CKD also causes hypertension)
• Glomerulonephritis
• Family history of kidney disease
• Kidney stones, tumors or an enlarged prostate
gland in men
• Repeated urinary infections

27
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Drugs that Inhibit Tubular

Excretion of Creatinine - 8

A
  • Cimetidine
  • Triamterene
  • Amiloride
  • Spironolactone
  • Trimethoprim
  • Probenecid
  • Aspirin
  • Pyrimethamine
28
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Quantitation Methods for

Urate -3

A
  • Phosphotungstic acid methods
  • Uricase methods
  • HPLC methods
29
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Gout: Major causes - 5

A 
– Renal disease
– Starvation or high protein weight reduction
diets (metabolic overproduction)
– Tissue damage
– Radiation therapy
– Cancer chemotherapy
30
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What are the main features of nephrotic syndrome? - 4

A
  • Striking proteinuria
  • low albumin with increase of α2 globulin
  • Increase in SCr, BUN, and uric acid
  • Lipids in urine
31
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Acute Renal Failure - Prerenal Causes - 3

A 
• Prerenal:
– Tubular injury which impairs the
readsorption/secretion process
– circulatory obstruction
– kidney stone
32
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Acute Renal Failure - Postrenal Causes - 3

A

• Postrenal
– bladder tumors
- enlarged prostate
- stones

33
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Acute Renal Failure - Main Features - 3

A
  • Decrease in urine output
  • Increase in SCr and BUN
  • Electrolyte and acid/base alterations
34
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Primary Functions

of the Liver - 4

A 
• Synthesis:
– albumin, lipoproteins
• Metabolism
– Hemoglobin, hormones, amino acids
• Detoxification
– Drugs, environmental toxins, alcohol
• Excretion
35
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Liver Function Tests - 6

A 
ü Total Serum protein (6.4-8.3 g/dL)
ü Albumin (3.5 -5.5 g/dL)
ü PT time
• Bilirubin
• Ammonia
Ø Enzymes (ALP,AST,ALT, GGTP, LDH)

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